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The glamorous sunset

1) Sunset in the Southern Alps range



New Zealand was one of the first countries to welcome the rising sun , so , this is also where early sunset farewell . Stretching 450km from north to south , Southern Alps range is known for glaciers and glacial lakes , creating a spectacular landscape , very suitable for walking and enjoying the sunset in the peace and serenity .

2 . An afternoon in Khmer ( Cambodian )



Wide beaches of Asia is one of the quietest places to bye a day . Coming to the city of Sihanoukville , Cambodia , visitors can sip a cocktail and watch the sun set over the sea Ochheuteal .

3 . Glow from Santorini (Greece )


Santorini is one of 220 islands in Greece , was created by the Minoan eruption , a volcanic explosion split the island into a unique archipelago famous today . The scene here is like a beautiful painting . Santorini is a dream for those who follow hedonism , with a series of beach , bar and infinity pool to enjoy the sun .

4 . Blazing fire with Great Plains Great Plains



Great Plains ( Great Plains ) is a region spanning including prairie grasslands and east of the Rocky Mountains located in the territory of the United States and Canada . This place is famous for the scenic situated in flat terrain . It does not have the appearance of the mountain scenery should have created beautiful sunset .

5 . Sunset and sip a glass of wine in the city of Baja



San Esteben small island in the Gulf of Mexico as part of California 's vast land known as Baja California . It is home to a variety of reptiles and also the special habitat of the series . It also attracts a large number of tourists and the scientific research . Famous scene in Baja dawn from the horizon and bowed ground every sunset .

6 . Stunning scenery in Polynesian



Islands Fakarava , Tuamotu archipelago located in the territory of French Polynesia , is a strip of land extending 60 km wide by 21 km . This atoll is considered as a very clean and beautiful paradise . It is also biosphere reserves recognized by UNESCO with rare birds , plants and crustaceans . There are approximately 1,000 residents living in two villages separated by a rather large dress . Fakarava is a popular destination for many honeymoon couples .

7 . Ultimate destination is the island nation of Kiribati



Located in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati is bordered on the International Date Line to the east . So , this is one of the last places on the planet sunset farewell . In particular , the island has not affected people so it gives a very pristine beauty .

10 Best destinations in Vietnam

Most travelers to Vietnam are attracted by the country’s wonderful natural beauty: From the green rice fields in the north to the fascinating bustle of the Mekong Delta in the south. Vietnam however is also a country with a long history and ancient traditions. It has many historic attractions and old temples. An overview of the most amazing tourist attractions in Vietnam.
Vietnam is not exactly a shopper's paradise, and the streets are awash with little shops selling all manner of items. You can do a lot of souvenir shopping in Hanoi, Hanoi’s Old Quarter is particularly excellent for visitors with shops selling clothes, gold, embroidered tablecloths and handbags. Around Hanoi have many handicraft villages, Good souvenirs are marble figurines and vases, ceramics from Bat Trang village, silk paintings from silk village, and hand-painted greetings cards. In particular, the lacquer ware, tailor-made ao dais (female national costume), mother-of-pearl inlay work, silk paintings, and wood block prints are very artistic and worth acquiring to take back home. The hill tribes of the Central Highlands and the north of the country now sell colorful woven bags and clothing. Ho Chi Minh City is also a good place to shop for jewellery, carpets and leather work.
10Nha Trang
Nha Trangflickr/NguyenTrung
Nha Trang is Vietnam’s most popular seaside resort town located along the second most beautiful bays in the country. It features beautiful beaches with fine and clean sand and clear ocean water with mild temperatures. The city has about 300,000 inhabitants and is more lively and urban in character than other beach destinations like Mui Ne and Phu Quoc. It’s also the scuba diving center of Vietnam.
9Cu Chi Tunnels
Cu Chi Tunnelsflickr/eroku
The Cu Chi Tunnels are an immense network of connecting underground tunnels located about 40 km northwest of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). The tunnels were used by Viet Cong guerrillas as hiding spots during the Vietnam War, and were the base of operations for the Tết Offensive in 1968. The tunnels have become a popular tourist attraction, and visitors are invited to crawl around in the safer parts of the tunnel system.
8Mekong River (Mekong Delta)
Mekong Riverflickr/Jody Art
The Mekong Delta is the region in southern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea. It is a very rich and lush area, covered with rice fields, that produces about half of the total of Vietnam’s agricultural output. Subsequently, life in the Mekong Delta revolves much around the river, and all the villages are often accessible by river rather than by road.
7Mui Ne
Mui Neflickr/flydime
The formerly little-inhabited beach south of the fishing village of Mui Ne has seen some serious development in the last 15 years. Due to strong sea breezes it is a popular destination in Vietnam for kite- and windsurfing. No trip to Mui Ne is complete without a trip to the famous sand dunes located a short distance north of the town. The vast sandy expanse provide some great panoramic views especially during sunset.
6Sa Pa Terraces
Sa Pa Terracesflickr/Two Roses
Sa Pa is a town in northwest Vietnam not far from the Chinese border. Rice terraces can be found in the Muong Hoa valley between Sa Pa town and the Fansipan Mountain, on a backdrop of thick bamboo woodlands. Local mountain people, the Hmong, Giay, Dao, Tay, and Giay, grow rice and corn on these paddy terraces, along with vegetables.
5Phu Quoc
Phu Quocflickr/xxooox
Located in front of the Cambodia coast, Phu Quoc is the largest island in Vietnam. Phu Quoc is what Phuket would be if it hadn’t been overrun by development. The island features pristine tropical forests, undamaged coral reefs and great beaches. One of its beaches, named Bai Dai (Long Beach), was chosen by the ABC News as one of five beautiful and clean beaches. Phu Quoc is famous for producing the best nuoc mam or fermented fish sauce in the world.
4Hoi An
Hoi Anflickr/jmhullot
This fishing-village-turned-tourist-attraction is situated on the coast of the South China Sea. Hoi An has been an international port from the 16th century although the serious shipping business has long since moved to the city of Da Nang. The heart of the city is still the Old Town, full of winding lanes and Chinese-styled shops. It is sometimes called the “Venice of Vietnam” because of the narrow canals that cut through part of the town.
3Hoan Kiem Lake (Hanoi)
Hoan Kiem Lakeflickr/NTLam
Located in the historical center of Hanoi, Hoan Kiem Lake is one of the major scenic spots in the city and serves as the locals’ favorite leisure spot. Hoan Kiem means “returned sword”, and the name comes from a legend in which King Le Loi was given a magical sword by the gods, which he used to drive out the invading Chinese. Later he returned the sword to the Golden Turtle God in the lake.
2Thien Mu Pagoda (Hue)
Thien Mu Pagodaflickr/DanangMonkey
With seven stories, the Thien Mu Pagoda in Hue is the tallest pagoda in Vietnam. The pagoda overlooks the Perfume River and is regarded as the unofficial symbol of the former imperial capital. The temple was built in 1601 during the rule of the Nguyễn Lords. The initial temple was very simply constructed, but over time it was redeveloped and expanded with more intricate features.
1Ha Long Bay
#1 of Tourist Attractions In Vietnamflickr/veen
Ha Long Bay is situated in north Vietnam round a 120 kilometer long coast line and is literally translated as “Bay of Descending Dragons”. The top tourist attraction in Vietnam, Ha Long Bay features thousands of islands, each topped with thick jungle vegetation, forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves, others islands include lakes and some support floating villages of fishermen.
More Vietnam tourist attractions and travel information can be found in the Explore Vietnam page or checkout these recommended activities in Vietnam.

Bình Thuận - The land of sand and wind

There are 3 topography of Binh Thuan Province. It is mountainous, plain and coastal. This region is endowed with a 192-kilometer long coast with many capes such as: La Gan, Mui Nho, Mui Rom, Mui Ne, Ke Ga. All of them create beautiful seaports for tourists: La Gan – Phan Ri, Mui Ne – Phan Thiet, La Gi, of which Mui Ne Phan Thiet has a great potential on tourism attracting thousands of local and foreign visitors every year. Offshore located the Phu Quy District, which bridging the mainland to Truong Sa Island.
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Binh Thuan Province is lying in the monsoon tropical area, so it possesses two distinct seasons: the dry season and the rainy season. The rainy season lasts from May to October and the dry season begins in November and ends at the end of April following year. The climate of Binh Thuan is not much influenced by the North-east monsoon; therefore, it still preserved in Binh Thuan a hot and dry weather with the annual average temperature between 27ºC and the yearly rainfall of 800mm - 1,500mm.
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Thanks to owning many forests, Binh Thuan has a strong point in developing the industrial fields of wood, cashew nut processing and handicraft. The priority of being blessed a long coast-side brings Quang Binh a convenient chance to expand marine economy such as fish catching, salt and fish sauce processing and frozen sea-food. Moreover, Binh Thuan attracts a huge number of tourists by a charming beauty of lovely landscapes around. Tourists will be impressed by picturesque scenery of mountains lying from west to east and reaching beautiful beaches. Phan Thiet, Mui Ne, Doi Duong and Ham Tan can be named as some famous tourist sites for foreign tourists. Staying there, tourists can experience leisure activities such as swimming, fishing, climbing, yachting, golf playing in many beaches and resorts such as Vinh Hao - Tuy Phong, Hon Rom, Novotel Ocean Dunes, etc.

Binh Thuan has a diversified and long-standing culture of many minorities in Vietnam. There are about 30 minorities living together in this area, of which the majority are Kinh, Cham, Hoa, Ra Giai, Co Ho and Tay. Particularly, here preserved the original Cham architecture with many terracotta high towers and statues of Kings, Queens …
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Also, the traditional costumes, musical instruments, traditional songs and dances of the ancient Sa Huynh and Cham Culture are still kept intact to present. Traveling to this site, tourists can go to many old architecture constructions such as temples, towers, pagodas, tombs … and visit historical and archaeological vestiges, as well as take part in traditional festival of Viet and Cham. All of these make a peculiar and original Binh Thuan, which welcome many visitors annually.


Đồng Nai - The wild beauty

Dong Nai is not a popular tourist destination in Vietnam, but this place has been granted in favor of natural many beautiful places.


Dong Nai River
With a length of 586km, the Dong Nai River is the longest river which flowing in Vietnam. Along the banks of the river has villages and beauty surrounding , simplicity, simplicity characteristic of southern Vietnam.  If you have a change to go Dong Nai. You will admire two river embraces the beautiful isles is  Pho islet and Tan Uyen islet. Certainly you will admiring the wild beauty of this place.Here!Visitors can join the tour Dong Nai river, enjoy the fresh air, and quiet villages to visit famous places like Tan Van pottery,  Xuan Tam wood art, Tan Trieu grapefruit. 

Three Husband Stone 
Located between the bustling residential area Dinh Quan, on the way to Dalat,  Three Husband Stone are 3 stacked stone, 36 meters high. The odd shape has attracted many visitors to stop and visit the sights.
Near Three Husband stone is mountain which called White Elephant mountain with the shape looks like two elephants are prostrating. On top of the mountain is the Shakyamuni statues and the bottom is the White Tiger Cave. 
Populations rocky consecutive mountain close together here has created the mysterious cave for tourist attraction.
Far from Bien Hoa city 6km southwest, Buu Long tourist site is built around the Hide Dragon artificial lake with dozens of acres wide. Can be said Dragon Hidden Lake is a miniature picture of Ha Long Bay. 
Countless cliff reflected in blue water lakes make for fascinating beauty in a natural scenery: mountains, wide lakes, harmony with the architectural works of art bears the stamp of much religious era. 
there are many other sights that you can visit here












Moc Chau Plateau

Moc Chau Plateau, Moc Chau district, Son La province, go about 200km from Hanoi to the northwest along Highway 6. Moc Chau plateau extends vastly, and had a lot of tea hills, milk cows...If visitors have the opportunity to Moc Chau though once summer or winter.


 Moc Chau has ethnic food specialties and crafts products bearing the oldest cultural identity.


You will have a good impression of the plateau with sunny days dreaming spring or white fog on winter mountain.


In the middle of the plateau is a microclimate with cool summer and temperatures average 20 º C and drier winter than in other regions.


Cat Ba- AN PEARL ISLAND

Cat Ba island is located in south of Ha Long Bay. If you want to go Cat Ba island, you need to go about 30km from Hai Phong city to Cat Ba island. While the vast majority of Halong Bay’s islands are uninhabited vertical rocks, Cat Ba has a few fishing villages, as well as a fast-growing town.
Except for a few fertile pockets, the terrain is too rocky for serious agriculture; most residents earn their living from the sea, while others cater to the tourist trade. Life has always been hard here and many Cat Ba residents joined the exodus of Vietnamese boat people in the 1970s and ’80s. Although the island lost much of its fishing fleet this way, overseas Vietnamese have sent back large amounts of money to relatives on the island, fuelling the hotel boom of the past decade. Cat Ba is still relatively laid-back, despite about a 20-fold increase in hotel rooms (and karaoke machines!) since 1996.
  Almost half of Cat Ba Island (which has a total area of 354 sq km) and 90 sq km of the adjacent waters were declared a national park in 1986 to protect the island’s diverse eco¬systems. These include subtropical evergreen forests on the hills, freshwater swamp forests at the base of the hills, coastal mangrove forests, small freshwater lakes and coral reefs. Most of the coastline consists of rocky cliffs, but there are a few sandy beaches hidden away in small coves.

There are numerous lakes, waterfalls and grottoes in the spectacular limestone hills, the highest of which rises 331m above sea level. The largest permanent body of water on the island is Ech Lake, which covers an area of 3 hectares. Almost all of the surface streams are seasonal; most of the island’s rainwater flows into caves and follows underground streams to the sea, which creates a shortage of fresh water during the dry season.

The waters off Cat Ba Island are home to 200 species of fish, 500 species of mollusc and 400 species of arthropod. Larger marine animals in the area include seals and three species of dolphin.

Ho Chi Minh paid a visit to Cat Ba Island on 1 April 1951 and there is a large annual festival on the island to commemorate the event. A monument to Uncle Ho stands on Mountain No 1, the hillock opposite the pier in Cat Ba town.

The best weather on Cat Ba Island is from late September to November, particularly the latter, when the air and water temperature is mild and skies are mostly clear. December to February is cooler, but still pleasant. From February to April rain is common, while the summer months, from June through August, are hot and humid. This is also peak season and the island is overrun with Vietnamese tourists from Hanoi and beyond.

Ba be lake- The largest natural fresh water lake

Vietnam is an  interesting destinations in asia.  With S-shape, tropical climate, many mountains, river, rich flora and fauna...All of which create an interesting place for tourists. Now, I want to say with you about Babe lake (Vietnamese:  Hồ Ba Bể).
Wikipedia says: " Ba be lake is the largest natural fresh water lake, stretching about 8 kilometers in the north-south direction. The surface area of the lake fluctuates between 3 and 5 km² between dry and wet season. Unlike many lakes in Karst limestone areas, Ba Bê Lake never falls dry. Its average depth varies between 17 and 23 meters, the maximum depth is 35 meters. The lake lies about 150 meters above sea level, making it also Vietnam's highest. "
As I said before. this places has rich flora fauna
Flora and fauna  mainly consists of limestone and evergreen forest. Some special mammals found here include: Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang), Asiatic Black Bear, Particolored Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger), European Otter, Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla),  Rhesus Macaque, Stump-tailed Macaque, Francois' Langur,, Owston's Palm Civet, Asian Golden Cat, Mainland Serow, Red Giant Flying Squirrel, , Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel as well as 27 bat species.
Addition, 233 bird species, 43 reptile and amphibian species among them the King Cobra and the Vietnamese Salamander (Paramesotriton deloustali), have been recorded. In Ba Be lake, 106 fish species from 61 genera, 17 families, and 5 orders have been recorded. The park is also noteworthy for its diversity in butterflies for which 354 species have been recorded.


Some images about Ba Be lake:








Da Lat- Beautiful Flower City

Da Lat city is probably one of Vietnam's most beautiful and most well known vacation destination. Since the turn of the century, Da Lat has been the vacation spot for well-to-do Vietnamese and foreigners. It is the unofficial honeymoon mecca of Vietnam.
Located on Langbian high lands, part of the greater Central high lands of Vietnam, the city is 1500m above sea level and is 305 km from Ho Chi Minh city. The name Da Lat originates from the hill tribe people in this region. It literally means Stream of the Lat people. Da Lat’s specific sights are pine wood (forming the name: “City of thousands of pine trees”) with twisting roads and tree marigold blossom in the winter. The city’s temperate weather stands in contrast to Vietnam’s otherwise tropical climate. Mist covering the valleys almost year-round leads to its name “City of eternal spring”.

Places of interest
Dalat Cathedral
A French Romanesque-style cathedral set in the middle of Vietnam's central highlands. With its distinctive red brick, stained glass windows, and soaring 47-metre high spire, Dalat Cathedral is the city's most distinctive landmark


Morning Market
Dalat's temperate climate makes it ideal for vegetable and flower cultivation. The morning market is the perfect place to view some of the exotic species of orchids, fruits and vegetables grown in the region. Ethnic minorities from the surrounding villages also attend the market to sell handicrafts and textiles.
Xuan Huong lake

This man-made lake dominates the town – Dalat is built on the slopes rising from its shores. Although you can take a paddle boat on its calm waters, the best way to see it is to stroll along the 7km sealed path that encircles it.
Prenn Waterfall

This 10 meter high waterfall roars through the forest 13 km south of Dalat. Bridges near the falls allow for close up views and the chance to feel the mist spraying up from the falls. It’s even possible to walk underneath them.
Bao Dai's Summer Villa

Built in 1933, the 25-room villa was Emperor Bao Dai’s midsummer retreat. The art-deco interior still looks much as it did early in the 1930s.
Truc Lam Buddhist Monastery
This tranquil and newly-built monastery is located in a forest above serene Tuyen Lam Lake. The monastery has a landscaped garden and small museum of Buddhist artifacts.
Chicken Village

This village, inhabited by the K’ho people is located outside Dalat. The village is clean and well-maintained and the locals are very hospitable to visitors.

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